Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Iranians

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was kept consensus to keep Pegasus1138^{Talk | Contribs | Email} ---- 07:45, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Listcruft, every link is red. As of now poses no benefit to anyone. Wikibout-Talk to me! 20:14, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please note this was the vandalised version that was actually proposed for deletion. Tyrenius 03:03, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Now that it has been added too, it is better but my vote stands. Wikibout-Talk to me! 22:08, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. Famous Customer Care Executives? Nicknames and all? There are 68 million Iranians, so it would be hard to make a list of them -- past and present. -- Mikeblas 20:31, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete nonsense list. 63 million living, and who knows how many deceased? This boggles the mind. Useless weird listcruft. KillerChihuahua^?!? 20:33, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep this page has been vandalised. There is usually more content here than what is now there Ydam 21:15, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  And that would make it better how? KillerChihuahua^?!? 21:33, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • • Because the reason given for nomination that every link is red. As of now poses no benefit to anyone no longer applies. Also note that we have List of French people, List of Germans, list of people from Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas. How is this list any different from them Ydam 21:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
      • Just like to add that you can see just how many lists of this type there are at List of people by nationality Ydam 22:05, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge to List of people who have self-identified to an anthropological category, I mean, Delete. This and List of people from Arkansas ad nauseum can all be categories. —Quarl ^(talk) 2006-07-02 21:57Z
• Keep - these lists actually serve a purpose. See List of Nigerians, List of Nigeriens, List of Australians, List of Mexicans, etc. Because a list, unlike a category, can link to non-existent articles, lists of this kind are used as a tool to help identify what articles about a particular subject or topic area need to be written. This isn't a defense of the silly lists - just the useful ones. If the list is just a carbon copy of a category with no additional entries, lists things in a subjective fashion (like "List of stupid music"), or is just plain useless ("List of middle names of people named Jeremiah who have never been in User:BigDT's kitchen"), then by all means delete it ... but the simple "List of (country name)" lists are useful for developing the encyclopedia. BigDT 00:40, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep because we can't delete this one and keep the others mentioned (and loads of others too). I think such lists are a real problem, but they're an established one. Tyrenius 01:52, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, as noted above such lists, as opposed to categories, allow for people who do not have an article yet. Other nationalities have them, and at the time of the AfD the page was vandalised (the first two comments on this page refer to the vandalized page). -- Jeff3000 02:50, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep list of famous Iranians - I would suggest a rename to prevent misconceived AfD arguments (same for lists of other nationalities). SM247^{My Talk} 03:16, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as useful list. Capitalistroadster 03:31, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, we have other lists of this kind as well. --Terence Ong _{(Chat | Contribs)} 04:31, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per the reasons given by others above me. BigHaz 08:04, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Much better served by a category. -- GWO
• Keep, as it's a useful list. There are several lists of this sort. See the major list: List of people by nationality. This article has been vandalised for a couple of days and the vandalised version was proposed for deletion. Siba 14:51, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, the red links are not served by a category but are useful. Punkmorten 15:52, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, i find lists such as this to be valuable. --Drouu 04:50, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.